December 12, 2011

I’ll Go Where You Want Me To Go

Okay, here is Spencer’s Email from December 12th…. but he was so sad and he also sent us a little voice recording and you could just tell he was trying to be happy but he wasn’t at all successful!! (at least not to my very keen “MOM” radar……….he cant fool me!!=) So, I being HIS MOM, had wanted him to stay in Santa Anita with Wonderful Elder Brown for Christmas and then when he was so sad and it was so obvious in his voice and in his email………….well, I cried pretty much on and off all day cause I just wanted him to have the most amazing Christmas this year and it felt to me like it wasn’t going to happen, so I cried!!!But of course in his next email he was HAPPY SPENCER again, so I just sort of didn’t send this email out and then when I got his happy email, I decided to attach last weeks to this weeks and I am very sure that this hasn’t made a bit of sense to anyone but me…………..sorry!!Basically I was trying to tell you why it is a week late being sent to you...Lame Sauce!! I just had one more realization that I am not the perfect MOM that I was so clinging to…………….bummer again!! =O!!!! Anyway, here is last weeks email!!Carrie =)!!!

HEY FAM Y AMIGOS!

So, how’s life in the fast lane? I sure hope you’re doing great! So I guess I should start off with the news… Transfers came and took me with them, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!It’s true, I was SUPER Bummed out, I wanted to stay in Santa Anita with Elder Brown for Christmas SO BAD, but I guess that’s just the way the cookie crumples… ¡PUCHA! (it’s like flip or freak in English) So I traveled super far to my next area… almost a whole HALF HOUR! YAY!!! HahaI got transferred to La Molina. It’s like the richest part of Lima, and my area is about 20 minutes from the MTC here in Bus. Haha so I will be in practically the same place as I was last year… Go figure eh? My area is called MUSA and it’s the area where elder Brown started his mission! QUE LOCO! So my area is really interesting, I thought it was all going to be super rich but I was a little bit off… Don’t get me wrong there are parts of my area that are ridiculously rich! Like its all intercoms and not doors, then there is a part that is above average, but not crazy rich, that’s where we live and there is a pretty poor part. So, it’s pretty interesting, but it is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY Safe. So you can be happy about that MOM (that’s me!),La Molina is like the nicest and safest district in Lima!

And I’m now with Elder Huanca (wanka, like willy wonka) And well he was my zone leader for 3 changes when I started his mission, and now we are Zone Leaders together! But there is one problem… He is in his last transfer and did not want to finish his mission as a zone leader… woof! HAHA so this should be an interesting transfer to say the least. He is pretty trunky, but he wants to finish his mission working, that us really all I can ask for! So please pray for us… I’m going to need some serious prayers this transfer!!!

So Saturday one of my investigators with Elder Brown had his baptism. And well we are neighboring districts, I called President Ardila to see if I could see the baptism, and President Ardila being the Champ that he is let me go see thebaptism! YES!!! It was prettyawesome to be able to see his baptism and Elder Brown again! And well a family that Elder Brown and I were teaching together attended the baptism and they all have baptismal dates for Christmas! How great is that! For the family and Elder Brown! If someone deserves to baptize like crazy it’s Elder Brown! So after the baptism when we got back here in Musa, won’t lie I was having a pity party. In 3 months in Santa Anita we fought and fought and there weren’t many results, and now I got sent to another area where we don’t have anyone, and I have a companion finishing his mission and all our investigators that Elder Brown and I taught are getting baptized! That was my pity party and I was just sitting there thinking, feeling sorry for myself, and I just took a deep breath and said, well for some reason the Lord wants me to be here in Musa right now. Got down on my knees and really just thanked Heavenly Father for the time I had in Santa Anita, my time with Elder Brown and the chance I have to serve here in Musa. Its times like these when you just got to remember this isn´t our time and like the Hymn says, “I’ll go where you want me to go Dear Lord”…

I am SO grateful for the Family I have, your example all that you have taught me and still teaching me even if I’m on another continent. I love ya so much, I hope you all have the Very Best Christmas you have ever had, because YOU DESERVED IT! Love you all SO much, I’m trying to send packages home with my pics and letters for friends and fam at home and in the mission field, I can´t promise anything, but I’m going to try!

I love yall! Until next week!

Elder Spencer Marty McGhie.

Ps… My pics wouldn’t load, sorry and please pray for Elder Biliter, he is with Elder Arnao, my second companion, the really, really hard one... And you already have pics of Elder Huanca, when we took a bunch of pics at the temple with Elder Porter, Rojo, Corbridge, and all them he is in those pics! CHAU!

Spencers Snail Mail Address (hurry and write to him :)!!

This is Spencers Mailing Address for the rest of his mission: ************************************** Elder Spencer McGhie, Peru Lima East Mission, Calle Los Agrologos 368, Urbanizacion Las Acacias de Monterrico, La Molina, Lima12Peru ************************************ To use dearelder.com, just choose the Peru Lima EastMission and write to Elder Spencer McGhie :)!! The dearelder.com letter deadline for each week is Sunday at midnight. Just FYI! Or you can send an email to my email address at: csmcghie@signs.com and I will get it to him :)! Oh, Spencer cant write emails to anyone but family so he will send you a letter back, it takes about 3 weeks!! :)

Inspirational Quotes from the emails of...Elder McGhie :)!!

"Welcome to the life of ajunior,brand new, gringocompanion!I feel likethe penguins on Madagascar sometimes,"Just smile and wave boys, just smile andwave"haha!"***********************************"...While we were waiting and waiting in the rain, I bought achocolate ice cream and sat and ate it cause I was depressed because of my stupidity, haha(helocked them out of their apt). I also bought some cookies (chocolate)...after I ate them I definitely felt better, just like in Harry Potter, chocolate can solve any problem,EVEN DEMENTORS !"*************************************So here we are in the middle of Peru, on our pday, hiking up this mountain and it was awesome! So the question is, "When you are a missionary, in the middle of Peru, hiking a giant mountain, what do you do while climbing the mountain?" Of course me and one of the other gringos in my district sang, Miley Cyrus, "ITS THE CLIMB"! Haha, I cant lie, it was so perfect and yes, sadly, I knew all the words along with the other gringos. Elder Porter from Arizona was singing with me.It was just so funny to think, "What the heck, Im in the middle of Peru hiking a mountain, now, what should I do?""I should definitely sing some Miley Cyrus right now!!" Haha!" So that was pretty awesome, we did sing it pretty well, with giant leaps and dance moves to go along with the song! Haha!******************************************************************So when they told us last week we were going to eat at The Area President House (his name is Pres. Pino) today,I laughed and said, funny joke, but they were dead serious!So today(Sunday)after Sacrament meeting Pres. Pino came down from the stand,shook my hand and pretty much starred straight into my soul and asked me…”So are you going to eat lunch at my house today?” I barely managed to get out any words and said,“umm, I think so?”Haha And,I said it with about the courage of Nevil Longbottombefore he becomes a man in the7th Harry Potter!Haha!!

Baptism Day

Spencer is now in Huanuco =)

This isnt the greatest map but it shows the 3 main places that Spencer has served in (in order): Huanuco, Huancayo, Lima-Santa Anita, Lima-La Molina, Mission Office in Lima, Huancayo and back to Huanuco!! =)

SOMETIMES I REALLY MISS MY CUTE SPENCER!!!

But I know he is where he is supposed to be and he is doing great =)!!!I LOVE YOU SPENCER!!!

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIKE FOR SPENCER!!!

Coming back soon, when I can figure it out!!:)!!!
I have tried and tried to get the weather thing to work on here and I just must be a spaz cause I had it once and now it is gone....................never to return....PROBABLY =( But I will try harder to get it to work!! Besides, no one looks at this part of the blog except for me!! I dont know if anyone ever even reads the blog???? =)